obliterates needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 1240 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
obliterates is the highest-scoring word from obliterates, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 1240 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in obliterates — and it is obliterates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in obliterates produces 3 valid ten-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are albertites, briolettes, and obliterate, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling obliterates turns up 20 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with batteries, lotteries, and tolerates. For points, the strongest plays are albertite, batteries, beastlier, bleariest, bralettes, briolette, laborites, liberates, librettos, rebottles, strobilae, and trilobate — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 62 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obliterates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earliest and tolerate. For points, the strongest plays are abetters, abettors, abseiler, arbelest, batterie, battlers, berettas, birettas, bitrates, blastier, blatters, blearest, bleaters, bloaters, blotters, blottier, bottlers, bralette, brattles, brittles, earlobes, erosible, laborite, liberate, librates, libretto, orbitals, rebottle, restable, retables, retablos, seatbelt, sortable, storable, strobila, strobile, taborets, testable, titrable, and toteable — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in obliterates produces 157 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with battles, bottles, isolate, letters, lobster, relates, and saltier. For points, the strongest plays are abetter, abettor, ableist, aerobes, albites, astilbe, bailees, bailers, bailors, baiters, barites, bastile, batiste, batters, battier, battler, battles, beastie, beaters, beliers, belters, berates, beretta, bestial, betters, bettors, biretta, bistate, bistort, bitrate, bitters, blaster, blastie, blatter, bleater, blister, bloater, blotter, boaster, boatels, boaters, boilers, boletes, bolster, bolters, borates, borstal, bottler, bottles, brattle, bristle, bristol, brittle, broiest, earlobe, isobare, labrets, librate, lobster, obelias, obelise, oblasti, oblates, orbiest, orbital, rebaits, rebates, rebatos, reboils, retable, retablo, riblets, sorbate, stabile, stabler, strobil, tablets, taboret, talbots, terbias, totable, trebles, triable, and tribals — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling obliterates turns up 244 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, alters, artist, barest, battle, better, and bitter. For points, the strongest plays are albeit, albite, bailee, bailer, bailor, baiter, balers, baltis, barest, barite, baster, batter, battle, beater, belier, belies, belter, berate, berets, bestie, bestir, betels, betise, bettas, better, bettor, biotas, birles, bister, bistre, bistro, biters, bitter, blares, blears, bleats, blites, bloats, boarts, boatel, boater, boiler, boites, bolete, boleti, bolter, borals, borate, boreal, boreas, botels, bottle, abeles, ablest, aborts, abseil, aerobe, brails, braise, brasil, breast, britts, broast, broils, isobar, labors, labret, libers, librae, libras, lobate, obelia, oblast, oblate, obtest, orbits, rabies, rebait, rebase, rebate, rebato, rebels, reboil, riblet, ribose, robles, sabler, sobeit, sorbet, stable, strobe, tabers, tables, tablet, tabors, talbot, terbia, tobies, treble, tribal, and tribes — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 313 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obliterates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abler, abort, aisle, alert, alter, bails, and baits. For points, the strongest plays are abele, abets, abler, ables, aboil, abort, abris, bails, baits, baler, bales, balti, bares, baser, basil, baste, bates, batts, beals, bears, beast, beats, beers, beets, belie, belts, beret, beset, besot, betas, betel, betta, robes, roble, saber, sabir, sable, sabot, sabre, sober, taber, tabes, table, tabor, biers, biles, biota, birle, birls, biros, birse, biter, bites, bitts, blare, blase, blast, blate, blats, blear, bleat, blest, blets, blite, bloat, blots, boars, boart, boast, boats, boils, boite, bolar, bolas, boles, bolts, boral, boras, bores, borts, botas, botel, botts, braes, brail, brats, brees, bries, brios, brits, britt, broil, brose, labor, liber, libra, lobar, lobes, obeli, obese, obias, obits, orbit, rabis, rebel, ribes, and tribe — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in obliterates produces 287 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with able, airs, also, arts, bail, bait, and bare. For points, the strongest plays are abet, able, abri, albs, arbs, baes, bail, bait, bale, bals, bare, bars, base, bast, bate, bats, batt, beal, bear, beat, beer, bees, beet, bels, belt, best, beta, bets, bias, bier, bile, bios, birl, biro, bise, bite, bits, bitt, blae, blat, blet, blot, boar, boas, boat, boil, bola, bole, bolt, bora, bore, bort, bota, bots, bott, brae, bras, brat, bree, brie, brio, bris, brit, bros, labs, libs, lobe, lobs, obas, obes, obia, obis, obit, orbs, rabi, rebs, ribs, robe, robs, sabe, slab, slob, soba, sorb, stab, stob, tabs, and isba — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling obliterates turns up 122 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are, art, ate, bar, bat, and bee. For points, the strongest plays are abs, alb, arb, bae, bal, bar, bas, bat, bee, bel, bes, bet, bio, bis, bit, boa, bos, bot, bra, bro, lab, lib, lob, oba, obe, obi, orb, reb, rib, rob, sab, sib, sob, and tab — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 31 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obliterates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, be, is, it, or, and so. For points, the strongest plays are ab, ba, be, bi, and bo — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
obliterates is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record five senses for obliterates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
obliterates is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing obliterates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is obliterates, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from obliterates earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in obliterates produce 1240 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 3 ten-letter words, 20 nine-letter words, 62 eight-letter words, 157 seven-letter words, 244 six-letter words, 313 five-letter words, 287 four-letter words, 122 three-letter words and 31 two-letter words.